Finn OJ

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus

review 2011

Epidemiologic perspective on immune-surveillance in cancer

Current opinion in immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.coi.2011.01.002

Common 'themes' in epidemiology related to cancer risk beg a comprehensive mechanistic explanation. As people age, risk for cancer increases. Obesity and smoking increase the risk for many types of cancer. History of febrile childhood disea…

2010

Anti-MUC1 antibodies and ovarian cancer risk: prospective data from the Nurses' Health Studies.

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology ·doi:10.1158/1055-9965.epi-10-0068

BackgroundThe surface epithelial glycoprotein MUC1 becomes overexpressed and hypoglycosylated in adenocarcinomas; similar changes occur during nonmalignant inflammatory events. Antibodies developed against tumor-like MUC1 in response to suc…